When engaging in cyber-warfare how you you judge a victorious scenario? Do you use offense measure to render them unable to launch attacks? Or are you only trying to repel their attacks on you systems and networks?
But the kinetic energy of the water falling off a dam is created by gravity, which I don't think we could classify as solar energy. While solar energy is a major part of the water cycle, it's not the only force at work.
Most people who publish articles are paid for their opinion, so that isn't what matters. It's important to know if there is a bias to his opinion based on the organization he works for. Since the organization we works for is generally pro-IP laws, anti-OSS, then we should read his opinion critically for a lack of objectivity.
I thought the article spent way too much time discussing middle-age religion and trying to link that with modern day diffences over licensing. I honestly don't think anyone else belives that there is a crisis of OSS faith out there. Just because someone chooses to use an non-GPL license like Creative Commons doesn't mean they are opposed to people using GPL, they have only found a license that works better for their situation.
In the government, the guy in charge takes responsibility.
Maybe on pluto the guy in charge takes responsibility. Here on earth some unknown aide takes one for the team. He is then awarded by getting a job for a company loyal to party in control, probably a nice 6-figure job with a corner office.
It should be noted that "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is only legal in the military. I don't believe that any civilian corporations are allowed to use this hiring practice. The policy is somewhat contraversial if I recall (probably from both conservatives and liberals).
How do you figure that? God of War had a great deal of different game play components, it had platforming, puzzle solving and a great deal of combat, including finish move "mini-games". There were a few cut scenes, but not really all that many compared to some games in the genre.
But shouldn't people be able to freely associate regardless of what others might like to think of them? I mean it's their choice to be open about it or not.
Can you really sue a company for defrauding another company, neither of which you represent? Seems that you have a lack of standing not being a direct victim of fraud. Arguing that the M->Ao rating change somehow caused you some injury probably isn't a legal slam dunk I would imagine.
Not to mention that this was not an easter egg or something like that, but something that required non-standard tools to exploit a disabled block of code if I understand it correctly.
Problem is they advertised it without stating the terms of the purchase. If I saw something costs $399 and you come in to buy it and suddenly I add restrictions, I'm probably breaking a few laws. If they had a *Must purchase additional items at time of purchase, or something like that it might have been legal.
But it has to be the creators intention to create a work of art. Pac-Man is not art.
True. But then not all games need to be art to defeat the hypothesis that games aren't art. Only one does. All I need to do is find the chink in the armor of his argument.
I know he's said that because games are interactive they aren't art, but that seems a weak argument to me, since it's entirely based on his opinion. Personally I find playing games more entertaining than watching TV, and many of the plots of newer games are begining to show real effort being applied to script writting.
I felt sad after I killed some of the Colossi in Shadow of the Colossus, like I had killed some elegant beast. Would this make it qualify as art? The developer was clearly trying to communicate something. GTA has missions in it similar to scenes from The French Connection and Live and Die in LA, how can those be classed as art but a game not?
Games can be artistic, and in fact some are. They may not measure up to the legendary films, book and poetry, but they may in time. Keep in mind that most of those mediums have a very poor signal to noise ratio.
Well, he's basically saying games have no cultural value, other than wasting some time. The same could probably be said for just about all the music, movies, tv, books and magazines published. But this assumes that he is capable of measuring the cultrual value of a thing, which I doubt any observer is.
Third option is that the Ph.D. programs here don't lead to significantly higher paying jobs, and therefore exiting with a Masters in Engineering is much more lucritive. Maybe in other regions the benefits are much more significant.
Actually you don't know if Sony is guilty or not. It's possible the code they got from First 4 Internet came with all the necassary source/copyright notices. Sony could have decided to strip them out of their distribution at a later date.
Also, Sony contracted this software which probably makes them much more tightly involved then someone buying software from a third party. You would imagine there would be some kind of technical coordination between the two companies.
The CD keys of old don't require any kind of registration typically (at least not ones I own). Usually online games like Diablo 2 and such check to make sure your key is unique, but usually that is the limit. A used copy should work fine, considering you can just re-install the software on another system you own if you were to have a system failure.
How does SNL get around this prohibition? They probably just ignore the statute because the use of the seal is allowed when performing satire. Or does the Whitehouse get to sign off on skits?
The best thing for the Onion to do is to do what they did. Request permission to use the seal. If the White House denies them use of the seal they have a pretty clear cut first amendment suit, since other organizations are obviously able to use it (TV shows, Movies etc)
Though searching is far easier in an electronic book. I always used to joke in college that a grep function would be great in a text book. I wouldn't mind if the DRM'd electronic textbook came with the paper book, then I could get the best of both worlds.
How is the comic book industry regulated? There seem to be a fair number of violent comics out there (though I haven't been in a shop in several years, so I can't be sure the extent of it). Or is it all Yu-Gi-Oh now and safely rated PG?
Just to be scientific about the whole thing, it's not a fact. It's a well construct hypothesis with lots of good evidence supporting it. The current theory seems to best fit the available evidence, but there is always the possibility that some new evidence will dispute some part and require changes to the theory.
The fact that GTA wasn't rated mature is a problem, and if the industry is going to self-regulate, they're going to have to be serious about it.
This isn't a fact. The fact is that it was rated M in the US (similar ratings in Europe etc). And the game has a sub-label reading "Strong Sexual Content", along with a list of other bad things like drug use and graphic violence.
Burned how? No laws are broken, there is no criminal investigation. Congress can only ask some pointed questions, make some CEO's squirm and then move on to the next hearing on something unrelated.
Probably someone will introduce a law similar to the Illinois one that just got enacted.
But Rockstar probably won't be hurt (other than the cost of macking replacement CD's and loss of revenue). ESRB will get a blackeye (undeserved of course) and we'll forget about it after the next election.
Wouldn't the simple verification just be to make the Mod open source? If it's this simple little bit change it should be easy enough to verify.
I'm getting kind of bugged by people making conclusions based on the size of the mod, or on deltas in the byte count. Maybe working for SCO that would be proof, but not in the real world.
It seems a bit odd to be moving from a commodity hardware, like x86, to a vendor specific environment. Most people have spent a good amount of time and effort moving away from expensive Unix vendor specific hardware (Sparc, PA/Risc etc), why go back to the old way?
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When engaging in cyber-warfare how you you judge a victorious scenario? Do you use offense measure to render them unable to launch attacks? Or are you only trying to repel their attacks on you systems and networks?
Couldn't you just claim their letter was a derivative work of your slanderous forum posting, and therefore your copyright claims supercedes theirs?
But the kinetic energy of the water falling off a dam is created by gravity, which I don't think we could classify as solar energy. While solar energy is a major part of the water cycle, it's not the only force at work.
Most people who publish articles are paid for their opinion, so that isn't what matters. It's important to know if there is a bias to his opinion based on the organization he works for. Since the organization we works for is generally pro-IP laws, anti-OSS, then we should read his opinion critically for a lack of objectivity.
I thought the article spent way too much time discussing middle-age religion and trying to link that with modern day diffences over licensing. I honestly don't think anyone else belives that there is a crisis of OSS faith out there. Just because someone chooses to use an non-GPL license like Creative Commons doesn't mean they are opposed to people using GPL, they have only found a license that works better for their situation.
Maybe on pluto the guy in charge takes responsibility. Here on earth some unknown aide takes one for the team. He is then awarded by getting a job for a company loyal to party in control, probably a nice 6-figure job with a corner office.
It should be noted that "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is only legal in the military. I don't believe that any civilian corporations are allowed to use this hiring practice. The policy is somewhat contraversial if I recall (probably from both conservatives and liberals).
How do you figure that? God of War had a great deal of different game play components, it had platforming, puzzle solving and a great deal of combat, including finish move "mini-games". There were a few cut scenes, but not really all that many compared to some games in the genre.
But shouldn't people be able to freely associate regardless of what others might like to think of them? I mean it's their choice to be open about it or not.
Can you really sue a company for defrauding another company, neither of which you represent? Seems that you have a lack of standing not being a direct victim of fraud. Arguing that the M->Ao rating change somehow caused you some injury probably isn't a legal slam dunk I would imagine.
Not to mention that this was not an easter egg or something like that, but something that required non-standard tools to exploit a disabled block of code if I understand it correctly.
Problem is they advertised it without stating the terms of the purchase. If I saw something costs $399 and you come in to buy it and suddenly I add restrictions, I'm probably breaking a few laws. If they had a *Must purchase additional items at time of purchase, or something like that it might have been legal.
True. But then not all games need to be art to defeat the hypothesis that games aren't art. Only one does. All I need to do is find the chink in the armor of his argument.
I know he's said that because games are interactive they aren't art, but that seems a weak argument to me, since it's entirely based on his opinion. Personally I find playing games more entertaining than watching TV, and many of the plots of newer games are begining to show real effort being applied to script writting.
Reminds me of the Monty Python argument sketch
It's bascially a personal opinion if something is art, though there is no shortage of people who will tell you what to think if you let them.
I felt sad after I killed some of the Colossi in Shadow of the Colossus, like I had killed some elegant beast. Would this make it qualify as art? The developer was clearly trying to communicate something. GTA has missions in it similar to scenes from The French Connection and Live and Die in LA, how can those be classed as art but a game not?
Games can be artistic, and in fact some are. They may not measure up to the legendary films, book and poetry, but they may in time. Keep in mind that most of those mediums have a very poor signal to noise ratio.
Well, he's basically saying games have no cultural value, other than wasting some time. The same could probably be said for just about all the music, movies, tv, books and magazines published. But this assumes that he is capable of measuring the cultrual value of a thing, which I doubt any observer is.
Third option is that the Ph.D. programs here don't lead to significantly higher paying jobs, and therefore exiting with a Masters in Engineering is much more lucritive. Maybe in other regions the benefits are much more significant.
Actually you don't know if Sony is guilty or not. It's possible the code they got from First 4 Internet came with all the necassary source/copyright notices. Sony could have decided to strip them out of their distribution at a later date.
Also, Sony contracted this software which probably makes them much more tightly involved then someone buying software from a third party. You would imagine there would be some kind of technical coordination between the two companies.
The CD keys of old don't require any kind of registration typically (at least not ones I own). Usually online games like Diablo 2 and such check to make sure your key is unique, but usually that is the limit. A used copy should work fine, considering you can just re-install the software on another system you own if you were to have a system failure.
How does SNL get around this prohibition? They probably just ignore the statute because the use of the seal is allowed when performing satire. Or does the Whitehouse get to sign off on skits?
The best thing for the Onion to do is to do what they did. Request permission to use the seal. If the White House denies them use of the seal they have a pretty clear cut first amendment suit, since other organizations are obviously able to use it (TV shows, Movies etc)
Though searching is far easier in an electronic book. I always used to joke in college that a grep function would be great in a text book. I wouldn't mind if the DRM'd electronic textbook came with the paper book, then I could get the best of both worlds.
How is the comic book industry regulated? There seem to be a fair number of violent comics out there (though I haven't been in a shop in several years, so I can't be sure the extent of it). Or is it all Yu-Gi-Oh now and safely rated PG?
Just to be scientific about the whole thing, it's not a fact. It's a well construct hypothesis with lots of good evidence supporting it. The current theory seems to best fit the available evidence, but there is always the possibility that some new evidence will dispute some part and require changes to the theory.
This isn't a fact. The fact is that it was rated M in the US (similar ratings in Europe etc). And the game has a sub-label reading "Strong Sexual Content", along with a list of other bad things like drug use and graphic violence.
Burned how? No laws are broken, there is no criminal investigation. Congress can only ask some pointed questions, make some CEO's squirm and then move on to the next hearing on something unrelated.
Probably someone will introduce a law similar to the Illinois one that just got enacted.
But Rockstar probably won't be hurt (other than the cost of macking replacement CD's and loss of revenue). ESRB will get a blackeye (undeserved of course) and we'll forget about it after the next election.
Wouldn't the simple verification just be to make the Mod open source? If it's this simple little bit change it should be easy enough to verify.
I'm getting kind of bugged by people making conclusions based on the size of the mod, or on deltas in the byte count. Maybe working for SCO that would be proof, but not in the real world.
It seems a bit odd to be moving from a commodity hardware, like x86, to a vendor specific environment. Most people have spent a good amount of time and effort moving away from expensive Unix vendor specific hardware (Sparc, PA/Risc etc), why go back to the old way?